Animal hair as biological indicator for heavy metal pollution in urban and rural areas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 41-53

  Rashed, M Nageeb ^a   Soltan, M E ^a  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Animals; Biomonitoring; Hair; Heavy metals; Pollution; Soil; Willed plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; METAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL HAIR; BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FORAGE; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; WILLED PLANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; HAIR; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HAIR ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SHEEP; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GOATS; HAIR; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; SHEEP; SOIL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 29444435197     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6288-8     Document Type: Article

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